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TWA Flight 5787

1969 in New JerseyAccidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1969July 1969 events in the United StatesTrans World Airlines
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Boeing 707 331C, Trans World Airlines (TWA) JP5933452
Boeing 707 331C, Trans World Airlines (TWA) JP5933452

Trans World Airlines Flight 5787 was an unscheduled training flight of a Boeing 707 from Atlantic City Airport in Pomona, New Jersey in 1969. The flight was planned as a proficiency check, testing crew response to a simulated single engine failure during takeoff and landing. Because of a fatigue failure of a hydraulic pipe, hydraulic power was lost while flying at low speed on three engines, resulting in loss of control and a crash killing all on board.

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